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General Notes
Standings & Rankings
The coaches
2011-12 WCHA Standings Overall W Minnesota
WCHA
L T W
L
State Hockey
T Pts
14
5 1 11
3
0
22
Minnesota Duluth 12
3 3 10
2
2
22
Colorado College 11
5 0
9
5
0
18
Nebraska-Omaha
9
8 3
7
4
3
17
Denver
8
7 3
6
5
3
14
North Dakota
9
8 1
7
7
0
14
Michigan Tech
9
9 1
6
7
1
13
St. Cloud State
7
9 4
5
6
3
13
uBemidji State
9
9 2
5
7
2
12
Wisconsin
7
9 2
4
8
2
10
Alaska Anchorage
6 10 2
3 10
1
7
Minnesota State
5 14 1
2 11
1
5
Through Dec. 18, 2011
u Bemidji State’s Tom Serratore (Bemidji State ‘86) is in his 11th season and has an overall record of 187-155-40 (.542) as BSU’s head coach. In addition to directing the Beavers to seasons of at least .500 hockey in seven of the last eight seasons, Serratore’s teams won CHA regular-season championships five times since 2003-04 and made trips to the NCAA Tournament in 2005, 2006, 2009 and 2010, with a 2009 appearance in the Frozen Four. He is a five-time CHA Coach of the Year recipient and was Spencer Penrose National Coach of the Year Runner-up in 2009. uChris Bergeron has directed the Falcons to a 16-38-7 record in two seasons at Bowling Green. Prior to taking his first head coaching post in 2010, Bergeron was an assistant at Miami University in Oxford, Ohio, where he helped resurrect the RedHawks program to national prominence. A 1993 graduate and letterwinner at MU, Bergeron then played seven seasons of professional hockey in the EHL, IHL, CHL and made one stop in the USHL where he served as a player/assistant coach for the Port Huron Bordercats.
Last time out for the Beavers
Bemidji State posted back-to-back shutout victories in a nonconference series with Alabama-Huntsville Dec. 16-17. Freshman goaltender Andrew Walsh was the star of the series posting 20 saves in the opener to record his first collegiate shutout and lead the Beavers to a 3-0 victory only to turn aside 27 in the finale as BSU cruised to a 5-0 win.
Last time versus Bowling Green
National Polls USCHO.com
nr
nr
-
uBemidji State
nr
nr
27
Colorado College
5
6
15
Denver
15
15
23
Michigan Tech
nr
RV
30
Minnesota
2
2
6
Minnesota Duluth
1
1
2
Minnesota State
nr
nr
-
PairWise
USA Today/ USAHM Alaska Anchorage
Nebraska-Omaha
nr
RV
26
North Dakota
RV
18
t21
St. Cloud State
nr
nr
-
Wisconsin
nr
nr
-
Polls through Dec. 19, 2011
BSU vs WCHA
Team Series WCHAa WCHAb Alaska Anchorage 1-1-0 1-1-0 Colorado College 2-5-1 1-2-1 Denver 1-9-0 1-3-0 0-1-0 Michigan Tech 5-2-1 3-0-1 Minnesota 1-8-1 0-1-1 Minnesota Duluth 10-21-1 0-3-1 1-0-0 Minnesota State 45-36-13 1-1-0 Nebraska-Omaha 6-6-2 3-1-2 2-0-0 North Dakota 1-21-1 0-4-0 St. Cloud State 45-39-4 2-3-1 Wisconsin 0-3-0 0-3-0 TOTAL 111-145-24 10-21-7 .441 .375 WCHAa - regular season only WCHAb - conference playoffs
The Beavers and Falcons have never met. However the teams share three common opponents through the first half of the season in Alabama-Huntsville, Miami (Ohio) and Lake Superior State. The Beavers are 4-1-0 versus these teams while BSU is 3-2-1. Both teams swept UAH and split with LSSU, but while BSU also split with MU, the Falcons last the opener and salvaged a tie in the finale versus the RedHawks
Beavers picked to finish tenth
Western Collegiate Hockey Association coaches picked Bemidji State to finish 10th in the 41st Annual Grand Forks Herald Preseason Coaches’ Poll. A tenth-place finish is just where the Beavers end the 2010-11 season with a 8-15-5 mark in league play. The Beavers garnered 30 points in the poll to six points behind University of AlaskaAnchorage. Denver University was forecast as the favorite to win the 2011-12 regularseason and the MacNaughton Cup. The Pioneers garnered seven of 12 first-place votes and 115 points to edge University of North Dakota (110).
Oh captain, My captain
Junior forward Ben Kinne (St. Paul, Minn.) will captain the Beavers during the 2011-12 campaign. Senior defenseman Brad Hunt (Ridge Meadows, British Columbia) and junior blueliner Jake Areshenko (Port Coquitlam, British Columbia) will have the “A” on their jerseys designating them as alternate captains.
Playing close to home
Seven of the 28 players on the Beavers’ 2011-12 roster hail form the state of Minnesota. Drew Fisher calls International Falls his hometown, Shea Walters is from Hibbing, Sam Rendle is from Grand Rapids and Ben Kinne, from St. Paul, Danny Mattson, from Minneapolis, Matt Hartmann, who calls Hugo home, and Sam Windle, from Maple Grove, are from the Twin Cities-metro area.
Familiar look
Tom Serratore returns 20 letter winners from a year ago including Jordan George and Brad Hunt. George posted a career-high 17-19=36 points in 2010-11 to lead the team, while Hunt registered 3-18=21 to finish fourth on the team. BSU returns 59 percent of scoring for a year ago, which includes 62 percent of its assist scoring (90-of-145), 49 percent of its goal scoring (43-of-89).
Home sweet home
The Beavers had to adapt to playing on the road quickly in 2011-12 as eight of their first 10 games of the season took place away from home in a string that concluded Nov. 5. Now BSU finds itself wrapping up a string of 10-of-12 games at Sanford Center this weekend. The Beavers are 3-6-1 on the road this season and are 6-3-1 at home.
Three is the magic number
In 2010-11, the three-goal mark was a threshold for Bemidji State. The Beavers were 0-15-2 when allowing more than two goals and were 13-3-2 when scoring at least three. That trend has continued into 2011-12. This season, BSU is 7-1-2 when scoring in excess of three goals, and is 2-8-0 when scoring fewer than three.
Bemidji State vs. the CCHA
BSU’s and BGSU may be meeting for the first time this weekend, but the Beavers have a long-standing history with programs hailing from the Central Collegiate Hockey Association (CCHA) reaching back into the days of NCAA Division II and III play. Since the 1999-2000 season, BSU is 12-17-3 versus the CCHA. BSU has wins over Ferris State, Lake Superior State, Western Michigan, Northern Michigan, a triumph over then-No. 2 Notre Dame at the NCAA Midwest Regional Semifinal Mar. 28, 2009, a 3-2 win over top-ranked Miami (Ohio) Nov. 27, 2009 and again Oct. 7, 2011. The Beavers are 33-41-4 all-time versus CCHA member teams.
National Polls USA Today / USA Hockey Magazine • Week 13: Dec. 19, 2011
Team
Pts LW
rec
1 uMinnesota Duluth 510 (34) 1 12-3-3 474 2 14-5-1 2 uMinnesota 3 Boston College 426 4 12-6-0 4 Ohio State 418 3 13-4-1 7 11-5-0 5 uColorado College 340 6 Notre Dame 332 6 11-6-3 7 Merrimack 306 5 10-3-2 8 Western Michigan 254 8 9-4-5 9 Boston University 216 9 10-5-1 10 Union 214 12 9-3-5 11 Colgate 168 10 11-4-2 12 Ferris State 166 11 11-6-1 13 Cornell 82 15 7-3-1 14 Michigan State 72 14 10-6-2 54 13 8-7-3 15 uDenver Others receiving votes: UMass Lowell 34, uLake Superior State 8, Air Force 2, uNorth Dakota 2, Yale 2.. LW= last week u2011-12 opponents
U.S. College Hockey Online • Week 13: Dec. 19, 2011
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20
Team Rec uMinnesota Duluth (48) 12-3-3 uMinnesota (1) 14-5-1
Boston College Ohio State (1) Notre Dame uColorado College Merrimack Western Michigan Boston University Union Ferris State Colgate Cornell Michigan State uDenver uLake Superior Massachusetts-Lowell uNorth Dakota Yale Michigan
12-6-0 13-4-1 11-6-3 11-5-0 10-3-2 9-4-5 10-5-1 9-3-5 11-6-1 11-4-2 7-3-1 10-6-2 8-7-3 11-7-2 10-5-0 9-8-1 6-5-1 9-8-3
Pts LW
998 920 879 865 721 716 682 631 596 571 508 482 391 327 259 254 247 107 68 60
1 2 3 4 6 7 5 8 9 11 10 12 13 15 14 16 17 18 19 20
Others receiving votes: Quinnipiac 52, Northern Michigan 50, Northeastern 29, Air Force 26, uMiami 18, Clarkson 12, Providence 10, Harvard 9, uNebraska-Omaha 8, Robert Morris 4. LW= last week u2011-12 opponents
Poll Superlatives
USCHO Weeks in Poll (2011-12) Weeks in Poll (all time) Weeks Ranked (2011-12) Weeks Ranked (all-time) Highest Ranking Most Points
2 117 0 34 4 (12/7/09) 843 (12/7/09)
USA Today / USA Hockey Magazine Weeks in Poll (2011-12) 1 Weeks in Poll (all time) 53 Weeks Ranked (2011-12) 0 Weeks Ranked (all-time) 28 Highest Ranking 4 (11/30/09 & 12/7/09) Most Points 398 (12/7/09)
Quick to strike
BSU is 6-3-1 when scoring first in 2011-12. Even more, the Beavers have found the back
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Beaver Hockey 2011-12 game Notes